VOA常速英语:Nigerian Students Threaten Massive Protests Over Fuel Price Increase

词汇讲解：

1. triple v. (使)增至三倍
例句：In the past five years the company has tripled its sales.
过去五年中,该公司销售量增至三倍。

2. subsidy n. 津贴,补贴;补助金
例句：This industry depends for its survival on government subsidies.
这个行业靠政府津贴而得以维持。

3. overwhelm vt.覆盖, 淹没；压倒, 制服; 打败；使某人不知所措
例句：A great wave overwhelmed the boat.
一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。

4. queue n.(人或车辆)行列, 长队
例句：By 10 o'clock a long queue had formed outside the bank.
到十点钟时, 银行门外已经排成了长队。

5. annoyed adj. 恼怒；生气；烦恼
例句：He became excessively annoyed at newspaper reports.
他对报纸上的报道极为恼火。

6. confusion n.困惑, 糊涂；混淆, 混同；混乱, 骚乱
例句：His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措。

7. reinstate vt. 使复原;使恢复;使复职
例句：He was fired, but was later reinstated.
他被解雇了, 但后来又恢复了原职。

8. import vt.输入；进口
例句：We import raw silk.
我们进口生丝。

9. capacity n.容量, 容积；才能, 能力；身份, 职位
例句：The theater has a seating capacity of 800.
这个剧场可容纳八百名观众。

10. crude adj. 天然的, 未加工的
例句：Last night a cargo ship collided with a tanker carrying crude oil.
昨晚一艘货轮与一艘载着原油的油轮相撞。